Horse-collar fastener



(No Model.)

J. P. GLIDDEN.

.HORSE COLLAR FASTENBR. No. 40,44. Patented Aug. 13, 1889. Y

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JOSEPH F. GLIDDEN, OF DF KALB, ILLINOIS.

HORSE-COLLAR FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part O' Letters Patent N0. 409,144, dated August 13, 1889. c

lApplication filed May 23, 1889. Serial No. 311,849. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. GLIDDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at De Kalb, in the county of De Kalb and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Collars; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to fastenings for horsecollars; a-nd it consists in the novel construction and combination of devices hereinafter specified and claimed.

The invention will be fully understood from the following description and claim, taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a front elevation of a portion of a horse-collar, showing my improvement applied. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sec tional v iew of the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the fastening, and Fig. 4 is a detailed perspective view of the device.

My fastening is formed of two cup-shaped sections,(1narked on the drawings A and P, respectively.) The section A has greater `length than the section B, and is provided with a loop or keeper C, adapted to receive and hold the breast-strap of a harness. It also has a central vertical wall D, that serves to strengthen the section and as a meeting wall or stop for the end of a section of the collar and of the section B, as hereinafter more fully set forth. I furthermore provide apertures F, through which bolts or screws may be passed for attaching it to a collar-section.

G represents a depression or recess eXtending from end to end of the section, which is designed to receive the lower end of harness and is a continuation of a like depression or recess found on the collar.

The section B of my fastening is less in diameter than that portion of section A with which it is designed to engage. It has a closed bottom G, recess G, and apertures F. By means of these apertures and suitable bolts or screws it is attached firmly to the seetion of the collar opposite that to which the fastening-section A is united. It will be observed that the closed bottom G of section B enters the section A and abuts against the wall d when on duty, thereby securing great strength and firmness to the parts engaged. When the respective sections of the fastening are thus connected with the collar-sections, I

pass the section B into the outer end of seetion A and the union is completed.

It Will be observed that while the fasteningsections are arranged on a horizontal line the collar-sections are always curved. This fact compels the initial entrance of the male section B into section A to be in an angular position, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings; but when entrance has been effected and the bottom of section B is pressed against the wall D the fastening again assumes a horizontal line and is held securely by friction JOSEPH F. GLIDDEN.

Witnesses:

W. C. GLIDDEN, L. M. MCEWEN. 

